Matthew Nikitczuk is a graduate student at Brock University exploring subsurface microbial activity in hydrovolcanic rocks. You can read more about Matthew’s research here. I find that one of the most interesting applications of geology is in that of planetary science. Of course, the focus of geology itself is to study the planet which we […]
Shelby Brewster is from Columbus, Ohio and is currently in her final year of undergrad in geological sciences at The Ohio University. My interest in geology was sparked by a family vacation to Utah and Arizona when I was 15. Coming from Ohio, I had never seen massive exposed outcrops of rock. The towering, red sandstones captivated me. I had […]
Dr. Thomas Ronge is a Marine Geologist currently working for the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. You can read more about his research here. The Drake Passage and the Antarctic Peninsula are key regions for our climate as well as for it’s past evolution. Propelled by strong, perpetual Southern Westerly Winds, the dominant force in the […]
Renaud Soucy La Roche is a PhD candidate in the department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen’s University. His research focuses on the tectonometamorphic history of the Nepal Himalaya where he studies the forelandmost exposures of a major shear zone responsible for the exhumation of the Himalayan middle crust. Renaud and co. recently […]
NASA’s ATom Mission led by Steven Wofsy of Harvard Universityis dedicated to studying the chemical composition of the remote atmosphere. The NASA DC8 aircraft will fly down the Pacific and up the Atlantic, sampling the atmosphere from the surface to 38,000 feet, four times over the next three years. The aircraft is currently half way […]
